The father and daughter gossiped on the road, so that Zhen Ying finally understood the general trend of the world.

The Central Continent is divided into five parts of the world, and after a hundred years of conquest, there is a slightly stable situation now.

In order to resist the alien invasion in the north, the royal family of Middle-earth must not adopt the strategy of driving tigers and wolves, and reuse the family gate valve.

For a time, although the imperial examination and the inspection were parallel, and the real power and official positions were mostly controlled by the family.

You must know that this strategy requires superb political skills, after all, the tiger is in danger and the wolf is in trouble, and the painter emperor who emphasized literature and light on military force at that time did not have the skills of his ancestors.

After expelling the aliens, the eight great families simply set up a stall and jointly elected the head of the Jiang family at that time as the emperor of the new dynasty, that is, Jiang Huan, the emperor of Taizu Gao.

Since then, the eight great families have become five surnames and seven hopes.

Namely: Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui, Fanyang Lu, Xingyang Zheng, Taiyuan Wang.

In order to balance the imperial court, after Taizu Jiang Huan ascended the throne, he emphasized the sect and neglected the family, and the five major schools rose up in response to the situation and fought against the seven families.

Jiang Huan was born in a peasant household, and even his surname was with the local wang clan, when the alien invasion, the whole family fled from the famine, more than ten men from his parents, uncles and brothers, and more than 20 daughters and nephews from his grandmother and nephews.

On the way to escape the famine, two three-year-old nephews and a two-year-old niece have been replaced with meat porridge, and the family supported each other to the riverside.

Falling short.

Jiang Huan was pressed under his father and uncle, and his seven-year-old cousin was protected together.

That night, when the barbarians returned to the camp, Jiang Huan got up from the sea of blood in the mountain of corpses, although his cousin was protected by the adults, because he was too young, he was covered for too long and lost his breath.

Jiang Huan was twelve years old that year, the same age as Zhen Shiying now.

It was a pure accident that he became emperor.

coincided with the conscription of soldiers to fight against the barbarians, and Taizu, who was still a "nine baby" at the time, enlisted in the army to avenge his family.

Because of his courage in killing the enemy, he was accepted as a righteous son by an elder of the Cui family, joined the Cui family, and was given the name Jiang Huan.

At that time, he was bent on avenging his family, and he went into battle to fight desperately, and he already had the will to die, and it was not uncommon for such a half-grown boy to be in the team resisting foreign invasions at that time.

Jiang Huan can be valued because although he will die, he still cherishes himself.

The Great Elder accepted him as his righteous son and named him "Huan", presumably hoping that he could shine on the world with the warmth of his heart.

And he did.

The family was separated, but he married the righteous daughter of the Great Elder, and also lost his parents due to the war, Cui Ying, the daughter of the side branch of the Cui family.

Although Cui Ying is a side branch of the Cui family, in the end, she was born in a family, and the clan took pity on her loneliness, and did not swallow her family property, but found her a son-in-law to revive the family business.

And the surname Cui is derived from the surname Jiang.

Cui Ying is a good girl, in order to avoid the criticism of her son-in-law following her surname, she took "Jiang" as her Taizu surname.

After that, the alien races were expelled, the Central Plains were restored, the emperor was abolished, and he replaced him.

For the monarch to be virtuous, and to recuperate with the people.

A great cause.

Zhen Shiying looked at herself in the mirror, but what she was thinking about was the story of Emperor Taizu Gao.

Jiang Che knew her self-pitying background, and often told her about her grandfather, that is, Emperor Taizu Gao, hoping that she would wake up and raise her spirit.

Zhen Ying was only enlightened at the age of ten, and it was easy to recognize a few words with the help of Mama Shen's east wind, so she didn't have to be blind, watching her sisters prepare for the exam for female officials, but she was useless, she just spent her life like this, scribbled.

But I don't want to endure the first ten years, the days are better than one day, not only sisters support each other, but also good teachers like Mama Shen to maintain it.

When the prince adopted his daughter, he was selected in one fell swoop, and he was used to seeing the scenery of Wuzhong long before his sisters, and the prince treated himself like a parent, from head to toe, inside and out, and ordered everything in detail, and there was nothing wrong with it.

In this way, with a similar background, Jiang Huan can be the emperor, he has more sister support than him, and his father-in-law loves him, and because this dynasty values women, he will not be able to be a female official in the future, and he does not have to be depressed in the mansion.

After her mind was clear, Zhen Ying's whole person radiated a different vitality.

It also happened that the two of them stopped and stopped, and happened to rush to the Qiantang River on the day of the Shangyuan Festival.

"After crossing the Qiantang River, we will be home."

The Shangyuan Festival is lively at night, only to see the flag on the Qiantang River covering the sky, thousands of miles, many rich families have their own cruise boats, singing, dancing and feasting.

On both sides of the river, tall bamboo poles are erected, and lanterns are hung in the middle of the ropes, and in a few places near the river, the servants surround them with water and fire sticks and light fireworks.

Zhen Ying was dazzled, and the way in her heart was worthy of being the land of fish and rice in Wu County, and its population was prosperous, which was very different from Yunyang.

only said, "The lights of Qiantang are three or five nights, the bright moon is like frost, and the people are picturesque." ”

To the east of the Qiantang River, in front of King Wu's Mansion in Gusu City, the willows on the side of the road are all very graceful, because there are not many guards on the road, and they are afraid that there will be many people who will lose, although Zhen Ying looks very interested, Jiang Che does not dare to let Zhen Ying get off the sedan chair.

It's not that there is no confidence in the security of their own territory, but that Wu County's literary style is extremely prosperous, and the Shangyuan Lantern Festival is full of people, although all the officials poured out to maintain law and order that day, in the end it can't withstand the surging crowd of people when a few famous talents climb the building to write poems.

But Jiang Che couldn't match Zhen Ying's expectant eyes, so he had to hold his daughter in his arms in person, find a tame and tall jujube red horse, and let people lead him on the street.

The horseback is tall, Zhen Ying is not used to it at the beginning, and it takes less than half a cup of tea to get fun.

The lanterns are all hung at a high place, and ordinary people have to go from the bottom to the top, although they can see a pair of flowers, they can't see it clearly.

Zhen Ying is "going to be at the top of the mountain, and you can see the mountains at a glance." "When people are on horseback, lanterns hang beside them, and they can be taken off with a slight lift of their hands.

All the way to Xuanchang Tower, the surging flow of people was separated in front of the tall horse, Zhen Ying saw that he was riding a horse only by himself on the street, which was a little strange, but it was not easy to ask. In the middle of the night, several soap-clothed officials came over with water and fire sticks, and the palace steward showed up the sign, Zhen Ying knew that horses were forbidden in the city during the Shangyuan Festival, and he could have this vision, thanks to his father-in-law.

Wu County is the most prosperous city in the south of the Yangtze River, its waterways meander, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, the transportation is convenient, taking advantage of the Shangyuan Festival, the villagers in the surrounding areas fried snacks to sell in the city, and there is a lion dance team to open the way, the street blows sugar, the dough people, sells flowers and plants...... Looking at Zhen Ying's eyes, she was reluctant to blink.

The noisy and happy crowd rendered the atmosphere of the festival, and Zhen Ying was also infected, revealing a bit of childish nature, although she couldn't speak, but the people around her, which one of them had not trained a pair of sharp eyes.

I saw Zhen Ying's eyes sweeping over a stall, the stall owner made a fortune, the steward took out the gold leaf from his purse, and a few little guys wrapped the stall in the blink of an eye.

A group of people only stopped in front of the noodle stall, and His Royal Highness King Wu was so childlike that he had to make the old man look like a father and daughter, and he wanted to ride on a tall horse.

Although there were many ready-made horse-like faces on the old man's stall, there was never another one of them that was a jujube red horse, only saying that the nobles were bothered to wait more, and the steward had already handed over a golden peanut.

The old man who pinched the noodles had never seen such a big business, and his hands trembled, but he did not reduce the profits, but with a cup of tea, Zhen Ying had a father and daughter riding horses in his hands.

Jiang Che thanked him, and entered a calligraphy and painting shop surrounded by everyone, but saw that there were not only calligraphy and painting inside, but also pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and groceries in the market.

The steward looked familiar with the shopkeeper, and took out a set of four treasures of the study, but it was a side inkstone, a few lake pens, two pieces of ink, and a number of Xue Tao notes and gold paper.

Zhen Ying thought that Jiang Che had purchased these things himself, after all, along the way, this prince and father-in-law did not give a lot of poems and texts, but he saw Jiang Che take this set of things, carefully looked at them for a while, and stuffed them into his hands.

"Look at it, do you still like it?"

Zhen Ying was stunned for a moment, tears filled up in her eyes again, and the precious treasures that were precious to the reader were piled up in her arms, leaving her free to express her gratitude.

Jiang Che wiped her tears with the end of the shark yarn: "Originally, the Zhen family tried to grind you like that, and I didn't hear Mama Shen say that you were a tear bag, but I never thought that I would be so squeamish after raising you under my hands for half a year." ”

Zhen Yingwu choked to herself, holding a set of four treasures of the study, refusing to let go, Jiang Che was afraid that she would fall, so she coaxed for a long time before asking the little servant to take most of it. There is only one set of Xue Tao's notes, and the printed patterns are really exquisite, Zhen Ying will never fake his hands to others, and he has to hold them firmly in his arms.

"Miss's eyesight is really amazing, this set of Xue Tao notes, is dyed in Shuzhong paper, on weekdays, Xiao Lao'er can sell more than 200 sets a day, if it weren't for the special instructions of the big steward, saying that Miss is still young, she must like bright colors, this last set, I'm afraid it won't be left tonight."

Zhen Yingwu looked at the Xue Tao note in her hand one by one, a set of ten colors, the patterns in the same color are different, each has its own exquisiteness, each has its own good-looking, especially a few gold prints, upright and noble, she pinched it with a small hand for fear of wrinkling, so she simply held it, rolled it into a roll and pinched it in her hand, the ten-colored flower paper was staggered, like a rainbow, and under the light of Shangyuan, flashing with mottled golden light.

"Your brother sent a letter a few days ago, the person has arrived, from tomorrow, the west seat of the palace will start teaching, you and these flower papers, some are close."

As he spoke, the prince personally untied his purse and handed out a silver ticket, Zhen Ying glanced at it inadvertently, and was overwhelmed by the number on it.

She hurriedly smoothed the Xue Tao note in her hand, handed it to the little guy on the side, pulled Jiang Che's sleeve, and waved her hand again and again.

Zhen Ying had only heard of the silver fee for reading, but she didn't know that just this set of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone would cost so much money!

Although the food and clothing along the way were excellent, in the end, the prince ate and lived together like her, and he had no concept of money, so although he was anxious at first, he slowly felt at ease.

She didn't know that the prince treated her like a biological child, just happy for what she did, and didn't want to reciprocate at all.

She only knew that she was now destitute and worthless, and at this moment, the imprint on the silver ticket could be called an astronomical amount, and there must be a deal that would go and go back.

This time, Zhen Ying's fears these days were all hooked. She tugged on Jiang Che's sleeve and was about to cry out in a hurry.

saw Jiang Che touching her head unhurriedly, and smiled softly: "Although this Xue Tao note is valuable, as long as you are happy, you can tear it and play, and your father can afford it." ”